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36 results found for '"Michael Edwardes"' in Keywords.
Michael Edwardes interview (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael Edwardes on his appointment as the new Chairman of British Leyland, covering his reasons for taking on the daunting job, the prospects for making the company successful, plans for decentralised...
British Leyland split (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Geoffrey Robinson MP, on company chairman Michael Edwardes’ plans to decentralise British Leyland into separate groups for upmarket and volume cars. Interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian...
British Leyland revival plan (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sir Leslie Murphy, Chairman of the NEB, on Michael Edwardes’ plan for reviving British Leyland. Interviewer not identified.
Eric Heffer on British Leyland Speke closure (1978)
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- Interview
Eric Heffer, Labour MP for Liverpool Walton, reacts to British Leyland’s announcement of their Speke assembly plant closure plans.
British Leyland Speke plant closure (1978)
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- Interview; News report
Quinton McFarland reports on reaction in Liverpool to the proposed Speke assembly plant closure. Frank Banton, Transport Union Secretary at the No. 2 factory, gives his response to Chris Stocking.
John Biffen on Edwardes’s call for investment in BL (1978)
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- Interview
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, John Biffen comments on Chairman Michael Edwardes’s call for a large investment in British Leyland. He does not altogether support the comments made by Edwardes,...
Future plans for British Leyland (1978)
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- Interview
Interview on TASS union plan for British Leyland and criticising Chairman Michael Edwardes’ plan; says without public finance the company would collapse with large loss of jobs; effect of British economy...
British Leyland staff cuts (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Rita Carter reports on British Leyland chairman Michael Edwardes’s planned job cuts and the meeting between BL management and the unions over the way the cuts were announced in the press. Includes press...
British Leyland staff cuts (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Leyland trade union spokesman Derek Robinson on the prospect of new Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes making staff cuts in the company. Male interviewer not identified.
Derek Robinson on British Leyland options (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with British Leyland trade union spokesman Derek Robinson on the options other than staff cuts available to Michael Edwardes, the new BL Chairman to make the company economically viable. Male...